Dundee travel to Glebe Park next Friday to take on Brechin City in our first pre-season friendly of the new campaign and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Brechin City v Dundee
COMPETITION: Pre-season Friendly
DATE: Friday 29th June 2018
KICK-OFF: 7.45pm
VENUE: Glebe Park
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1906
STADIUM: Glebe Park
CAPACITY: 4,083
PITCH SIZE: 101m x 61m
MANAGER: Darren Dods
CHAIRMAN: Ken Ferguson
NICKNAME: The City
CLUB COLOURS: Red
HONOURS: Scottish League C Division (3rd tier) champions: 1953/54
Scottish League Second Division (3rd tier) champions: 1982/83,
1989/90, 2004/05
Scottish League Third Division (4th tier) champions: 2001/02
SPFL Championship Play-Off winners: 2016/17
Scottish Qualifying Cup winners: 1950/51
Forfarshire Cup winners: 1909/10, 1952/53, 1958/59, 1996/97,
2008/09
RECORD WIN: 12-1 v Thornhill FC, Scottish Cup, 23/1/1926
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 8,122 v Aberdeen, Scottish Cup, 3/2/1973
CLUB WEBSITE: www.brechincity.com
Getting to the Ground
The full address of Glebe Park for Sat-Nav is Glebe Park, Brechin, DD9 6BJ
By Car
From the South: Take the M90 to the A90 and continue past the first ‘Brechin’ turn off. Come off at the second turn off on to the B966. Travel through Trinity and on entering Brechin, you’ll find the ground is on the left-hand side of the road
By Bus:
Brechin bus station is only a few hundred yards from the ground and buses on the Aberdeen – Dundee and Montrose – Edzell routes stop here
By Train:
The nearest railway station is Montrose, which is 8 miles away. There is a regular Inter-City service from all parts of the country and fans alighting at Montrose can then catch a connecting bus service to Brechin.
Head to Head v Brechin City
LEAGUE: Won 5, Drawn 0, Lost 4
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 3, Drawn 1, Lost 0
LEAGUE CUP: Won 0, Drawn 0, Lost 1
TOTALS: Won 8, Drawn 1, Lost 5
Last Five Competitive Dundee v Brechin City Matches
- 24/8/2010 | Away | CIS Cup | Drew 2-2 (Lost 3-1 On Pens) | 1,090 | Griffiths (2)
- 11/4/2006 | Home | First Division | Lost 1-0 | 1,841 |
- 21/1/2006 | Away | First Division | Won 3-0 | 1,521 | Lynch, Dixon, McDonald
- 26/11/2005 | Home | First Division | Won 1-0 | 3,278 | Lynch
- 1/10/2005 | Away | First Division | Won 3-1 | 2,022 | Lynch (2), Craig
Last Meeting
Dundee met Brechin City in their third pre-season friendly last season and emerged from their friendly at Glebe Park with a comfortable 2-0 win. First half goals by Craig Wighton and Paul McGowan reflected the Dee’s superiority. There were no further goals after the break, but the Dark Blues’ continued domination wasn’t disrupted by eight substitutions after 70 minutes.
Brechin City: Smith, Fusco, McLean, Spark, Lynas, Trialist (Trialist 69), Dale (Trialist 81), Graham (Love 62), Dyer, Jackson (Trialist 81), Layne (Trialist 62)
Unused subs: O’Neill (gk), Ford.
Booked: none.
Dundee FC 4-2-3-1
Team for first 70 minutes.
Bain, Curran, Hendry, Waddell, Williams, Hateley, Spence, Deacon, McGowan, Wighton
Haber
Team for last 20 minutes.
Bain, Kerr, Hendry, O’Dea, Holt, Trialist, O’Hara, Deacon, Allan, Wolters, El Bakhtaoui
Unused sub: Ferrie (gk).
Goals: Wighton (12), McGowan (37).
Attendance: 911.
Referee: Don Robertson. Assistants: Stuart Stevenson, Thomas Shaw.
Brechin City’s Season So Far
This is also Brechin City’s first pre-season friendly of 2018/19. They are due to meet Dundee United next on July 3rd
Ticketing Information
This match is pay at the gate
Adults £8
Concessions £4
How To Watch
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to subscribers of DEETV along with shorter highlights package and exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
You can sign up for DEETV for just £5 a month on the official website where you will have access to Highlights, Interviews and all the Dundee FC goals at the click of the button.
If you are out with the UK you will also be able to take advantage of our Live Streaming package for every home game
